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metagit-bootstrap from metagit-ai/metagit-cli is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned

mdr add metagit-ai/metagit-cli/metagit-bootstrap@git:20261031.5d6c554

Pins git:20261031.5d6c554 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade: A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind: SKILL.md skill
Repository: metagit-ai/metagit-cli
Path: skills/metagit-bootstrap/SKILL.md
Versions recorded: 5
Latest version: git:20261031.5d6c554, committed Oct 31, 2026
First version recorded: May 15, 2026
Size: 2,974 bytes
Repository stars: 4
License: MIT

Create or refine a local .metagit.yml. Default is deterministic `metagit init`; do not dump detect payloads into context.

Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.

What the file says

# Metagit bootstrap

Create a valid `.metagit.yml` with **minimal tokens**. Prefer code over sampling.

## Token rules

- Default to **deterministic init**. Do not start with MCP sampling or `config example`.
- Never run `metagit detect repo_map` (full directory maps blow the context window).
- Never paste full detect YAML/JSON into the conversation. Write it to a file and read only the fields you need.
- Prefer `detect … -o summary` on stdout. Use `--output-file` for the full payload.

## Default path (deterministic)

```bash
export METAGIT_AGENT_MODE=true
# missing manifest:
metagit init --kind application --no-prompt
# or:
SKILL_ROOT="$(python3 -c "import metagit, pathlib; print(pathlib.Path(metagit.__file__).parent / 'data/skills/metagit-bootstrap')")"
"$SKILL_ROOT/scripts/bootstrap-config.sh" .
metagit config validate -c .metagit.yml
```

`bootstrap-config.sh` writes a minimal application scaffold when `.metagit.yml` is missing and prints `status=written|exists`. Do not overwrite a valid manifest without explicit confirmation.

Existing manifest: `metagit config validate -c .metagit.yml`. Patch with `metagit config patch` — do not regenerate from detect dumps.
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint

mdr add metagit-ai/metagit-cli/metagit-bootstrap@sha256:5aca1d73bf00d7e3

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261031.5d6c554, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.

Badge

[![mdr](https://markdownregistry.com/badge/art_ifeu6ngmnxn5gsrv.svg)](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_ifeu6ngmnxn5gsrv)

2 badge image fetches in 30 days. What the badge shows.

Versions

The registry has recorded 5 versions of this file, between May 15, 2026 and Oct 31, 2026, about one every 42 days.

version	committed	commit	size	audit
git:20261031.5d6c554 latest	2026-10-31	5d6c554	2,974 B	A	view · diff
git:20260916.0fdac6b	2026-09-16	0fdac6b	2,763 B	A	view · diff
git:20260530.496d156	2026-05-30	496d156	4,005 B	A	view · diff
git:20260527.5b1cf19	2026-05-27	5b1cf19	1,938 B	A	view · diff
git:20260515.327083b	2026-05-15	327083b	1,939 B	A	view

Audit of the latest version

A 17 of 17 checks passed. Fixed automatic checks with no AI involved, so the same checks give the same answer every run.

pass: Frontmatter block present
pass: Frontmatter declares a name
pass: Frontmatter declares a description
pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (2974 bytes)
pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
pass: No credential-shaped string
pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
pass: No text hidden with inline styles
pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
pass: No link to a raw IP address
pass: No script tag

Source

GitHub

metagit-ai/metagit-cli · 4 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-03 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_ifeu6ngmnxn5gsrv
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=metagit-ai/metagit-cli/metagit-bootstrap
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/5aca1d73bf00d7e3065297263cae344630a9168be12ff104cd71904ad66448e0

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Guides: the SKILL.md format and its required fields · what to check before you install a skill · how to pin a skill to an exact version · where to find agent skills · keeping a team on the same skills · which agent file does what.

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